Why empathy has a beneficial impact on others in medicine: Unifying theories

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Decety, Jean ^a,b   Fotopoulou, Aikaterini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Free energy principle; Health; Medicine; Neuroscience; Predictability; Social baseline theory; Social support

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COMPASSIONATE HEALTH CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL ATTUNEMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREE ENERGY PRINCIPLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH OUTCOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLACEBO EFFECT; SOCIAL BASELINE THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORY; WELLBEING;

EID: 84921269814     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00457     Document Type: Article

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